Follow our epic road trip as we do the 'big lap' and drive around Australia

Month: February 2015

Camping at Lucky Bay As mentioned in Part 1, there are two camp grounds in the Cape Le Grand National Park. While the LeGrand beach campsite provides a more sheltered spot, we elected to go to Lucky Bay, the beach famous for it’s kangaroos. We weren’t disappointed. The facilities at Lucky Bay were built in… Read More Cape Le Grand National Park – Part 2

Cape Le Grand National Park is famous for its amazing white sand beaches and beach loving kangaroos and we were keen to check it out. On the advice of the lady at the tourist information centre in Esperance we had packed up early and driven the sixty odd kilometers to the Lucky Bay to arrive around 8:30am.… Read More Cape Le Grand National Park – Part 1

From Kalgoorlie we had about a four hour drive south to Esperance. Not far out of town we got stuck behind a slow four-carriage road train and Emma was fretting about having to overtake such a long vehicle. Fortunately it turned a different direction at the roundabout giving us a free run south bound. At… Read More Esperance

If towns have personalities, then Kalgoorlie is bonkers. Another town established purely for mining. The main street is lined with majestic public buildings built during its heyday. Today although a lively town we also noted a few abandoned, empty and boarded up shops. Once we’d set camp we headed on into town. We headed straight for… Read More Kalgoorlie

The salty red earth crunched beneath my feet as I trudged across the dry lake plain towards the crop of rocks. I climbed the mound of earth and rocks, my breathing growing more laboured as I neared the lookout at the top. Reaching the summit I heard Craig exhale “wow”. I smiled and took a… Read More Lake Ballard